Systems Engineer Associate

About the Role

Systems Engineer Associate at Lockheed Martin will perform a variety of Systems Engineering tasks and assignments designed to promote the development of technical and strategic engineering, leadership, and interpersonal skills in a structured framework within engineering disciplines such as Mechanical, Electrical, and Systems.

Key Responsibilities

• Analyze customer's initial requirements specifications and develop product specifications/techniques to satisfy customer requirements.
• Assist in the development of system architecture and interfaces.
• Perform trade studies and evaluations of designs and concepts.
• Generate systems engineering work products such as trade studies, system architecture, requirements analysis, requirements derivation, and requirements management using appropriate tools.
• Generate and analyze performance reports and process control procedures.
• Investigate and analyze relevant variables potentially affecting the product and processes.
• Perform system design, analysis of vehicle configuration, aerodynamic and vehicle performance characterization, guidance, navigation, and control systems, target tracking systems, pointing and aiming systems, fire control systems, and trajectory analysis.
• Develop and maintain engineering models and simulations to predict vehicle, system, and subsystem performance.
• Develop integration and test processes.
• Perform integration of system components.
• Determine verification methods, develop test documentation, conduct test planning, and execute product testing.
• Develop integration and test plans.
• Conduct in-house system and subsystem integration tasks, environmental test tasks, and ground/flight tests.
• Perform technical planning, system integration, verification and validation, cost and risk, and supportability and effectiveness analyses for total systems.
• Perform analyses at all levels of total system product, including concept, design, fabrication, test, installation, operation, maintenance, and disposal.
• Ensure logical and systematic conversion of customer or product requirements into total systems solutions that acknowledge technical, schedule, and cost constraints.
• Perform functional analysis, timeline analysis, detail trade studies, requirements allocation, and interface definition studies to translate customer requirements into hardware and software specifications.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Ability to obtain and maintain Secret Clearance.
• Ability to work onsite.
• Ability to travel.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree or higher from an accredited college in Electrical, Mechanical, Aero, or Computer Engineering, Physics, or Mathematics.
• Prior internship experience.
• Good communication skills.
• Ability to work in a team environment.
• Ability to solve cross-functional technical problems.

Desired Skills

• Proficient in DOORS, MATLAB, Model Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) using Cameo and Data Hub.
• Understanding of basic missile system design principles.